The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods is hosting a Portland Plan Retreat
for all residents of North and Northeast Portland neighborhoods on Saturday, April 3rd from 10am-1pm
at Curious Comedy at Vanport Plaza 5225 NE MLK Blvd (north of Alberta). This event is open to all
and we encourage organizations and businesses to send a representative!
The purpose of this retreat is to convene neighbors living within the bounds of the Northeast Coalition
of Neighborhoods (Neighborhoods include: Alameda, Boise, Concordia, Eliot, Grant Park, Humboldt,
Irvington, King, Sabin, Sullivan’s Gulch, Vernon and Woodlawn) to address local concerns and
examine how to advocate for needs as the Portland Plan process continues over the next 3 years and
beyond.
Using interactive, popular education techniques, attendees will be encouraged to voice and identify
community issues to be taken into account as the City of Portland creates the Portland Plan. Past
community plans will be presented as a helpful guide for starting this process. Topics to be addressed
include, but are not limited to, health, equity, housing, transportation, business, education, jobs, arts and
culture, parks, etc.
N/NE Neighborhoods Portland Plan Retreat
Saturday, April 3rd 10am-1pm
Curious Comedy at Vanport Plaza, 5225 NE MLK Blvd. (north of Alberta)
Light refreshments provided
RSVP to Lauren McCartney at lauren@necoalition.org or 503-823-4135.
Coalition for a Livable Future’s: Bits, Bites, Bags & Benefits
You’re invited to…..
an Evening of Bits, Bites, (Gift) Bags & Benefits at the Living Room Theaters
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010, Doors open at 6 PM, Show at 7 PM
Living Room Theaters – 341 SW Tenth Avenue. Portland OR
Admission is FREE but space (& gift bags) are limited! RSVP required to Ron at ron@clfuture.org or 503-294-2889 x-11
Two Bits:
• Screening of highlights from the documentary “Making Sense of Place – Portland: Quest for the Livable City” which documents the history of Portland’s experiment with land use planning. As part of this history, the film shines a light on one of the most fundamental challenges related to the success of our internationally-renowned planning approach:
How to revitalize communities without forcing out the people who have the greatest need for the benefits that revitalization brings?
• Discussion led by Kate Allen, Housing Policy Manager – Portland Housing Bureau; Dr. Lisa Bates, PSU College of Urban & Public Affairs; and Metro Councilor Robert Liberty to consider new ideas for how to tackle this issue.
Some Bites: Hosted Hors D’oeuvres (No- Host Bar)
(Gift) Bags: Yes….On top of a great program and Hors D’oeuvres….you will walk away with your own “Schwag Bag”. Each attendee will receive a Lincoln Institute tote bag, the “Making Sense of Place – Portland: Quest for the Livable City” DVD and a copy of CLF’s hallmark publication, the Regional Equity Atlas.
The evening is sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. “Portland: Quest for the Livable City” is the third film in the Lincoln Institute series titled Making Sense of Place, which examines the complex questions of urban planning and regional identity by exploring ways in which people participate in and experience their cities.
Local Artist Bobby Fouther to Show Work
RECEPTION APRIL 2ND FROM 6-9PM
You are invited to Bobby’s first one man gallery show April 1st-24th including new paintings and photography.
JANOVEC STUDIO/GALLERY – 4504 SE Milwaukie Avenue @ SE Holgate (parking at Portland Marble Works across the street)
First Friday open 6:00-9:00
Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12:00-5:00 or by appointment, 503-231-8346.
An eclectic collection of something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
Bobby Fouther
P.O. Box 9191
Portland, Oregon 97207
503-422-3076
View Artwork
bobbyfouther.com
Education Summit to Address Excellence, Equity
The 2010 Education Summit announced both national and regional keynote speakers for the first annual event: Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Greg Darnieder, and 2008 National Teacher of the Year Michael Geisen. The announcement follows a year-long, regional effort led by Mayor Adams and former County Chair Ted Wheeler to create a vehicle for ongoing discussion about education in the Portland region.
Education is vital to our goal of becoming the most sustainable city in the world. The only way we will achieve this goal is through partnership and collaboration. We want Portland to be known not just as the ‘greenest’ city in America, but the most educated.
The Summit will take shape in two formats, a Town Hall dialogue on April 10th and a Leadership Summit on April 12th. The Town Hall serves to engage the community in a meaningful conversation about how we as a community can ensure all students have access to resources that help them graduate high school on time and go on to post-secondary education. Resources for youth and families will be available as well as snacks and child care.
COMMUNITY TOWN HALL
Keynote Speaker: Michael Geisen
Saturday, April 10th, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
Location: Parkrose High School
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Keynote Speaker: Greg Darnieder
Monday, April 12th, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
$10 Registration fee before March 22nd. Tickets purchased after March 22nd are $15.
Click to purchase tickets
Location: Oregon Convention Center
“We cannot call our schools excellent until there is excellence for every student,” said Dan Ryan, CEO of the Portland Schools Foundation. “The issue of equity in our schools needs Portland’s best thinking and the summit is an opportunity to re-focus our attention on equity and excellence for all students–our kids deserve that.”
The Leadership Summit aims to build on the existing work of the Education Cabinet, bringing together top minds in education, including elected officials, school district leaders and business leaders for the opportunity to dig into compelling data about how our community is supporting young people and where we are falling short. This is a time to share and commit to collective action toward securing a more promising future for our youth.
“We must do all that we can to improve the high school graduation rate to ensure the future workforce is qualified for careers in our local economy, said Worksystems Inc. Executive Director Andrew McGough. “The whole region has a stake in this and the Education Summit will provide an important opportunity for thought leaders to look closely at this issue.”
To watch the Education Summit video, please click here.
The 2010 Education Summit is sponsored by the City of Portland, Multnomah County, Worksystems Inc., and The Portland Schools Foundation.
King Spring Clean-Up April 24th
King’s Spring Clean-Up will be April 24th this year at it’s usual location behind the police precinct at 449 NE Emerson. The Clean-up will run from 9 am to 1pm. The fees will be $5 per carload and $10 per truckload. Volunteers get to dump a load for free! You will be able to dump household junk, scrap metal, building materials, old furniture. NOT ACCEPTED: kitchen garbage, yard debris, hazardous waste. There will be recycling for scrap metal and electronics.
To volunteer contact Irek at: panirek@yahoo.com or 503-793-2114